Abstract
THE present volume is supplementary to vol. iii. of the great Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalænæ. Owing to the European War it has remained in manuscript since 1915, but has been brought up to date so far as possible. It includes no references to German publications which have appeared since August, 1914, for the reason just mentioned. Two families of Lepidoptera are dealt with—the Lithosiadæ (Arctianæ) and the Phalænoididæ. Of the former, vol. iii. included 147 genera and 845 species, and to these are added in the present work twenty-five genera and no fewer than 1215 species. Of the second family (Agaristidæ of many authors), the original numbers are increased by seven genera and eighty species. In his selection of family and generic names Sir George Hampson has adopted views on nomenclature which have been largely rejected by most systematists, but he has wisely adhered to the system utilised in the already issued volumes. We need only add that the book is well printed and up to the standard of the previous parts of the catalogue.
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum.
Supplement. Vol. ii.: Catalogue of the Lithosiadae (Arctianae) and Phalaenoididae in the Collection of the British Museum. By Sir George F. Hampson. Plates xlii–lxxi. (London: British Museum (Natural History), 1920.) Price 32s. 6d.
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Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum . Nature 106, 78 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106078c0
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